You walk into the laser room and sit back in the chair. An assistant makes sure you are seated comfortably and perhaps a pillow or two are positioned to help keep your head stationary. Some drops are put into your eyes. Soon after, the doctor walks in, makes sure you aren't about to freak out and starts the procedure. Some type of device is used to hold your eyelids open, and then the surface layer of epithelial cells on your eye is removed. You try to keep your eyes focused on a little white light and you hear a lot of snapping or buzzing while the laser is carving. Your eye is indeed frozen while this is going on.
A few days have passed, or I wouldn't be able to look at my screen and type this at all.
The post-op process is interesting. The next day you end up in a waiting room with other miserable victims, all wearing "happy glasses". These are the dorky looking shades which completely cover your eyes. You aren't allowed to shower for several days and you are given drugs to help you get through the pain. Those who've had bad contact lens days probably won't find these three days all that bad.
You wouldn't believe how intense normal things are at this point. Just try looking at a computer screen! It's so bright, your eyes water, you can't see clearly, it's just plain painful. You have to get a whole boatload of drops into your eyes, but it's tough prying them open to do it. It seems the eyes have developed a sense of distrust for some reason, go figure.
Three days after surgery you get your bandage lenses out. Those are contacts worn on the eyes to cover them while the epithelial layer grows back. They give you a quick vision test, and tell you that you can now resume normal activities, which thankfully includes showers. At this point, personally, my eyesight was not very good and I was starting to get concerned.
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